Louisiana athletic association is private, judge rules

3:54 PM,
Jan. 31, 2013

Written by

COLE AVERY
The News-Star

MONROE, La. -- The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association in its suit against the state that helps define the association's position as a private entity.

The ruling struck down a number of Louisiana laws that regulated the association on how it determines player eligibility.

The ruling also deemed unconstitutional the entire section of the law regulating student-athletes who are home-schooled. Those laws allowed home-schooled students to particiapte in sports as long as they met the same requirements as student-athlets who attend ...